⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Rockets fell 8 points behind the pace we expected in the first quarter but finished ahead of it. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ HOU better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 18 points better than our numbers for the Rockets.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Rockets won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Made sixteen threes to their five- A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24 in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Rockets
Good plays
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 2-point lead to 16
Q2 8:48 · HOU 46-30 MIN
- 15-0 run
A 15-0 run stretched a 9-point lead to 24
Q2 0:50 · HOU 68-44 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| HOU | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 39% |
| 16 | Threes made | 5 |
| 31% | Three-point accuracy | 28% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 15 |
| 65 | Rebounds | 56 |
| 12 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 9 | Assists | 7 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 10 | Points off turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 9 | Steals | 16 |
| 17 | Blocks | 16 |
